Nice, some small steps for raw video to become more mainstream Now looking at you Canon, what's your reaction, we know you can achieve RAW recording with a firmware update, no need for external recorder

The Nikon still needs a external recorder to achieve this though Wonder how it's done, is the raw bayer data being output through HDMI ?

With the CFexpress cards I actually don't see why they only support external raw recording, should be plenty fast enough for internal raw recording.Pro res raw is only final cut for now, I can only hope there will be some converters to export to other formats but I don't have too much confidence that will happen.

However what is does it mark the new trend for raw video recording in photo cameras and this I very much welcome!

from the press release:

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How it works - In simple terms, the camera outputs a stream of RAW data via a 4K HDMI cable to the Ninja V. This data is then repacked into the ProRes RAW format and recorded to a removable SSD drive in the Ninja V. When shooting is finished, the drive is removed and connected to a computer via USB. Footage can then be decoded (debayered) and edited in the highest possible quality. Using ProRes RAW format keeps file sizes manageable, easy to edit and future-proof.

Ok, I was thinking, that it works this way, Nikon streams a raw data image through HDMI.Like when you put the Nikon in that HDMI raw mode, it shows a undebayered 4K picture over HDMI, all green, blue and red pixels, so real raw video, and the recorder is gonna record that.

Then I came at the 6.00 minute mark in the youtube video above...

Interviewer: Are we gonna get like 12 bit raw video ?Answer Atomos: Nikon doesn't want to give us the full specs of what the signal through HDMI actually is, so we don't know the exact specs. If it is linear or log. And we're definitely recording 4K or more lines of resolution.

What the , if you don't know how many lines of resolution the signal is and if you don't know if it's log or linear, how the can it be an undebayered raw signal Sounds more like a, (almost) as good as raw solution.